Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

काशीपते नमस्तुभ्यं गिरिशाय नमोनमः । जगत्कारणरूपाय महादेवाय ते नमः

Transliteration

kāśīpate namastubhyaṃ giriśāya namonamaḥ | jagatkāraṇarūpāya mahādevāya te namaḥ

Translation

Ehrerbietung Dir, Herr von Kāśī; immer wieder Ehrerbietung Girīśa, dem Herrn der Berge. Ehrerbietung Dir, Mahādeva, dessen Gestalt die Ursache des Weltalls ist.

Word by Word

• kāśīpate: O lord of Kāśī
• kāśīpate: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāśī (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th) एकवचन; काश्याः पतिः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (voc. sg.)

• namaḥ: salutations
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, नमस्कारार्थक

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (4th) एकवचन (dat. sg.)

• giriśāya: to the Lord of mountains
• giriśāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी एकवचन; गिरिणाम् ईशः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dat. sg.)

• namaḥ: salutations
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, नमस्कारार्थक

• namaḥ: salutations (again)
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, नमस्कारार्थक (पुनरुक्ति: नमो नमः)

• jagatkāraṇarūpāya: to the one whose form is the cause of the world
• jagatkāraṇarūpāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी एकवचन; जगतः कारणं (यत्) रूपम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (dat. sg.)

• mahādevāya: to Mahādeva
• mahādevāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी एकवचन; महांश्चासौ देवः इति कर्मधारय (dat. sg.)

• te: to you/your
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन (Gen./Dat. sg.; enclitic)

• namaḥ: salutations
• namaḥ: Sambodhana/Address (सम्बोधन-प्रयोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, नमस्कारार्थक

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha (implied within the stotra sequence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (as invoked) and Prabhāsa (as setting)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Composite sacred map: Śiva enthroned as Viśveśvara of Kāśī on one side, as Girīśa on a mountain peak on the other, and as cosmic cause in the center as a radiant liṅga/light; pilgrims from different regions converge in worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Kāśī
• Giriśa
• Mahādeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva is both the local Lord of a supreme tīrtha (Kāśī) and the universal cause—place-devotion and metaphysics unite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) is explicitly praised through the epithet Kāśīpati, even while the narrative remains in Arbuda.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual instruction; it is a stotra verse suitable for recitation during Śiva worship.